Sept. 5 mahapanchayat will be historic, says BKU
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Sept. 5 mahapanchayat will be historic, says BKU
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Ahead of the September 5 mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar against the contentious farm laws, the Bharatiya Kisan Union said on Friday that the mahapanchayat would be historic and would see the participation of farmer groups from across the country. “Apart from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana, farmers from Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala have also started reaching Ghazipur border,” said Dharmendra Malik, media-in-charge, BKU. BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait said farmers and workers were linking the mahapanchayat to their dignity. He said this would be the first time that he would be going to his home district since the agitation had started in November 2020. “I had pledged bill wapsi, nahin to ghar wapsi nahin (I will not return home, till the bills are repealed),” he said. Mr. Tikait said it was the call of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha that compelled him to return to Muzaffarnagar.
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The Hindu
Date
2021-09-04
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Ghaziabad